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Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan (Template:Langx;Template:Lrm born 12 October 1971), known as the Aga Khan V (Template:Langx), is a religious leader, businessman, and socialite best known as the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Nizari Isma'ili Muslims who claim descent from Muhammad through his daughter, Fatima, and his cousin and son-in-law, Ali. Today, the Ismailis are the only Shi'i community who are led by a living and present hereditary Imam.[1]

He is the second of the Aga Khan IV's four children, and succeeded his father as per his testament, upon his death on 4 February 2025, at his palace in Lisbon. He is also known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imām (the present Imam) by his followers. He is the fifth Nizari imam to hold the title Aga Khan.[2]

Early life and education

Prince Rahim Aga Khan was born on 12 October 1971, in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the eldest son and second oldest of three children born to the Aga Khan IV (Prince Karim Al-Husseini) and his first wife Princess Salimah Aga Khan (née Sarah Croker-Poole), a British national.[3][4][5][6]

Prince Rahim was educated in the United States, receiving his secondary education at Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts (1990), and graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature in 1995.[4][7][8] In 2006 he completed graduate studies in management and administration in Barcelona, Spain, at the IESE Business School University of Navarra.[7][9]

Based in Geneva, Switzerland Prince Rahim has been actively involved for many years in the governance of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), where as of 2020 he chaired the AKDN Environment and Climate Committee.[10]

As of 2019, Prince Rahim sat on either the Board or Executive Committee for several of the AKDN's agencies and affiliated structures, including the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, and the Aga Khan University Foundation.[11]

In 2010, he established the Aga Khan Brown Workshop series at the Watson Institute.[12]

Ascension to The Ismaili Imamat

The Ismaili Imamat is a hereditary office in succession from Hazrat Ali, the first Shia Imam, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, who was married to Hazrat Bibi Fatimat-az-Zahra, Muhammad's daughter and only surviving child.[13]

Pursuant to the passing of Aga Khan IV and the unsealing of his Last Will and Testament at The Diwan, Lisbon, Portugal, his eldest son, Prince Rahim al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. In the historical tradition of Shia Ismailis, succession to Imamat is by way of nass (divine designation), it being the absolute prerogative of the Imam-of-the-Time to appoint his successor from amongst any of his male descendants.[14]

Ismaili Community

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, commonly known as the Ismailis, belong to the Shia branch of Islam. The Shia form one of the two major interpretations of Islam, the Sunni being the other. Ismaili Community is the second-largest Shiʿa community in the world. The Ismailis live in over 35 countries, mainly in Central, East and South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America and Australia, and number approximately 12 to 15 million.[15] Like the ummah (global Muslim community) as a whole, the Ismailis represent a rich diversity of cultures, languages and nationalities. Ismaili traditions fall within four broad geographic and ethnographic groups: Arab, Persian, Central Asian, and South Asian. Settlements in Africa comprise primarily Ismailis of South Asian origins, while recent settlements in the West come from all these traditions.[16]

The Ismailis are the only Shi'i community who are led by a living and present hereditary Imam.[1] The Ismailis refer to the Aga Khan V by the title “Mawlānā Hazar Imām (the present Imam).”[15][2]

Personal life

Prince Rahim married Kendra Irene Spears on 31 August 2013 in Geneva.[17] They have two children: Prince Irfan (b. 11 April 2015)[18] and Prince Sinan (b. 2 January 2017).[19] In 2019, he bought a house in Unstad in Vestvågøy Municipality, Norway.[20][21] The couple divorced in February 2022.[22]

Titles, styles and honours

The titles Prince and Princess are used by the Aga Khans and their children by virtue of their descent from Shah Fath Ali Shah of the Persian Qajar dynasty. The title was officially recognised by the British government in 1938.[23]

Author Farhad Daftary wrote of how the honorific title Aga Khan (from Agha and Khan) was first given to Hasan Ali Shah (The Aga Khan I) at the age of thirteen when he as the young Imam with his mother decided to go to the Qajar court in Tehran to obtain justice upon his father's death and was eventually successful. "At the same time, the Qajar monarch bestowed on him the honorific title (laqab) of Agha Khan (also transcribed as Aqa Khan), meaning lord and master...in due course simplified in Europe to Aga Khan". Daftary additionally commented, "The title of Agha Khan remained hereditary amongst his successors."[24]

The style of His Highness was formally granted to the Aga Khan V by King Charles III on 10 February 2025.[25] In accordance with long-standing tradition of the Ismaili Imams with the British Monarch and, to mark the accession of Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan as the fiftieth hereditary Imam of the Shi’a Ismaili Muslim community. Spoken style (second person, e.g. "His Highness" or "Your Highness")

Honours

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent[30]
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Shah Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan's patrilineal is the line from which he is descended from father/grandfather to son/grandson.

Nizari Imams of the Fatimid Dynasty
  1. Adnan
  2. Ma'ad ibn Adnan
  3. Nizar ibn Ma'ad
  4. Mudar ibn Nizar
  5. Ilyas ibn Mudar
  6. Mudrikah ibn Ilyas
  7. Khuzayma ibn Mudrika
  8. Kinanah ibn Khuzayma
  9. An-Nadr ibn Kinanah
  10. Malik ibn Al-Nadr
  11. Fihr ibn Malik
  12. Ghalib ibn Fihr
  13. Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib
  14. Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy
  15. Murrah ibn Ka'b
  16. Kilab ibn Murrah b. ca. 372
  17. Qusay ibn Kilab ca. 400-ca. 480
  18. Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
  19. Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, ca. 464-ca. 497
  20. Abd al-Muttalib, ca. 497–578
  21. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, 535–619
  22. 4th Caliph and 1st Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib, 601–661, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad
  23. 2nd Imam Husayn ibn Ali, 626–680
  24. 3rd Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, 659–713
  25. 4th Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, 677–733
  26. 5th Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, ca. 702–765
  27. 6th Imam Ismail ibn Jafar, ca. 722-ca. 762
  28. 7th Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail, 740–813
  29. 8th Imam Ahmad al-Wafi, 795/746-827/828
  30. 9th Imam Muhammad at-Taqi (Isma'ili), 813/814-839/840
  31. 10th Imam Radi Abdullah, 832–881
  32. 11th Imam Caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, 873–934
  33. 12th Imam Caliph Al-Qa'im, 893–946
  34. 13th Imam Caliph Al-Mansur Billah, 914–953
  35. 14th Imam Caliph Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, 932–975
  36. 15th Imam Caliph Al-Aziz Billah, 955–996
  37. 16th Imam Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, 985–1021
  38. 17th Imam Caliph Ali az-Zahir, 1005–1036
  39. 18th Imam Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah, 1029–1094
  40. 19th Imam Nizar al-Mustafa, 1045–1095
  41. 20th Imam Ali Al-Husayn Al-Hadi, 1076–1132
  42. 21st Imam Al-Muhtadi, Muhammad I, 1106–1157
  43. 22nd Imam Al-Qahir, Hasan I, 1126–1162
  44. 23rd Imam Hassan II of Alamut (also referred to as 'Alā Zikrihi-s-Salām), 1142/1145-1166
  45. 24th Imam Muhammad II of Alamut, 1148–1210
  46. 25th Imam Hassan III of Alamut, 1187–1221
  47. 26th Imam Muhammad III of Alamut, 1211–1255
  48. 27th Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah, ca. 1230-1256/1257
  49. 28th Imam Shams al-Din (Nizari), 1257–1310
  50. 29th Imam Qasim Shah, 1310–1368
  51. 30th Imam Islam Shah, d. 1424
  52. 31st Imam Muhammad ibn Islam Shah, d. 1464
  53. 32nd Imam Ali Shah Qalandar, al-Mustansir Billah II, d. 1480
  54. 33rd Imam Abd-us-Salam Shah, d. 1494
  55. 34th Imam Abbas Shah Gharib, al-Mustansir Billah III, d. 1498
  56. 35th Imam Abuzar Ali Nur Shah, d. ca. 1509
  57. 36th Imam Murād Mīrzā, d. 1574
  58. 37th Imam Dhu-l-Fiqar Ali Zulfiqar Ali, Khalilullah I, d. 1634
  59. 38th Imam Nur al-Din Ali, d. 1671
  60. 39th Imam Ali, Khalilullah II, d. 1680
  61. 40th Imam Shah Nizar II, d. 1722
  62. 41st Imam Sayed Ali, d. ca. 1736
  63. 42nd Imam Al-Hassan Ali Beg, d. ca. 1747
  64. 43rd Imam Sayed Jafar, Al-Qasim Ali, d. ca. 1756
  65. 44th Imam Abū-l-Hasan ʻAlī, d. 1792
  66. 45th Imam Shah Khalilullah III, 1740–1817
  67. 46th Imam Hasan Ali Shah, Aga Khan I, 1804–1881
  68. 47th Imam Aqa Ali Shah, Aga Khan II, 1830–1885
  69. 48th Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, 1877–1957
  70. Prince Sayyid Aly Khan, 1911–1960
  71. 49th Imam Shah Karim Shah, Aga Khan IV, 1936–2025
  72. 50th Imam Shah Rahim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan V, 1971–Present

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